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5. Describe how this plan has been designed to ensure that it sustains benefits beyond the EECBG funding period. Energy conservation measures continue throughout their lifetime to provide cost and energy savings and emissions reductions to homes and businesses, The project will track the number of homes retrofitted and all associated energy savings. Energy savings will be tracked on a project-by-project basis and then aggregated by sector. The results will be continually evaluated to track performance and program implementation, and the program will be modified as necessary to meet project goals and reporting requirements. Data collected will consist of but not limited to the energy savings in kWh and CCF by building type, energy cost savings, number of buildings, dollars spent and leveraged, building square footage, audits performed and jobs created. A key component of the City's Green Program is education and outreach to give residents and business leaders of our community a greater understanding of how important it is to reduce energy and water consumption. These EEMs are not only beneficial to neighborhoods and surrounding communities, but are sound mitigation tools to lower utility costs for homes and businesses and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve air quality. Savings resulting from measures funded through the EECBG funds are to be managed by the city's finance office and reinvested into the fund for future energy efficiency/sustainability initiatives. 6. The President has made it clear that every taxpayer dollar spent on our economic recovery must be subject to unprecedented levels of transparency and accountability. Describe the auditing or monitoring procedures currently in place or that will be in place (by what date), to ensure funds are used for authorized purposes and every step is taken to prevent instances of fraud, waste, error, and abuse. The project will be managed by the city's Conservation Office. The Office is responsible for developing and implementing sustainability programs and practices targeted at city departments, employees, the business community and the general public. The Office director will be responsible for the plan development and implementation, and will regularly present budget and metric results to the city manager and city council. The Office director will work with the city's EECBG working committee of city, utility and public stakeholders to review the plan and provide for public input. Project highlights and results will be posted on the city's website. City funds for the project will be managed by the city manager. In coordination with the city's building inspection department, a pre and post-inspection process will confirm that measures were installed according to project procedures.